Welcome to Filing Week 2020!
Today through Friday, the Secretary of State and county elections officials will be accepting formal declarations of candidacy from Washingtonians who have decided they want to run for office at federal, state, and local levels.
This is a presidential year, which means we’ll be electing all ten of our U.S. House positions, all nine of our statewide executive positions, most of our state legislative positions, and several of our State Supreme Court positions, not to mention a large number of local positions, especially in Pierce County.
This post is the first in a series of Filing Week reports we’ll be bringing you at regular intervals until the close of filing at 5 PM on the final day of the workweek.
U.S. House
1st Congressional District
- Democrat Suzan DelBene
- Republican Jeffrey Beeler, Sr.
- Libertarian Steven Skelton
- Robert Dean Mair (No Party Preference)
2nd Congressional District
- Democrat Jason Call
- Democrat Rick Larsen
4th Congressional District
- Republican Dan Newhouse
6th Congressional District
- Democrat Derek Kilmer
7th Congressional District
- Republican Craig Keller
9th Congressional District
- Democrat Adam Smith
10th Congressional District
- Democrat Randy Bell
- Democrat Beth Doglio
- Democrat Phil Gardner
- Democrat Sam Wright
- Republican Jackson Maynard
Executive Department
Four candidates have filed so far to run for Governor:
- Republican Loren Culp
- Republican Phil Fortunado
- Republican Bill Hirt
- Trump Republican Anton Sakharov
One candidate has filed so far for Insurance Commissioner:
- Democrat Michael Kreidler
For Lieutenant Governor (which is an open seat due to the retirement of Cyrus Habib), there are four candidates so far:
- Democrat Steve Hobbs
- Democrat Marko Lilas
- Republican Joseph Brumbles
- Republican Marty McClendon
One candidate has filed so far for Secretary of State:
- Democrat Gael Tarleton
There are no candidates for Attorney General yet.
One candidate has filed so far for Superintendent of Public Instruction:
- Chris Reykdal
State Supreme Court
Positions are typically for a six year term.
Position #3
- Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Position #4
- Charles W. Johnson
Position #6 (For an unexpired term of two years)
- G. Helen Whitener
Position #7
- Debra L. Stephens
Key legislative races
State Representatives typically serve two years, and state Senators typically serve four years.
1st Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Davina Duerr
- State Senator
- Democrat Derek Stanford
5th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Bill Ramos
- State Senator
- Democrat Mark Mullet
10th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Suzanne Woodward
- Republican Greg Gilday
- State Representative — Position #2
- Republican Bill Bruch
11th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Steve Berquist
17th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Tanisha L. Harris
- State Representative — Position #2
- Republican Paul Harris
- State Senator
- Democrat Daniel Smith
- Republican Lynda Watson
18th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Republican Brandon Vick
- State Senator
- Republican Ann Rivers
19th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Clint Bryson
- Democrat Marianna Everson
23rd Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Republican April Ferguson
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Drew Hansen
- Republican Elianna Gonzales-Blanton
- State Senator
- Democrat Christine Rolfes
- Republican Pam Madden-Boyer
25th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Brian Duthie
- Republican Cyndy Jacobsen
- State Senator
- Democrat Julie Door
26th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Carrie Hesch
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Joy Stanford
- Republican Alisha Beeler
- Republican Michelle Caldier
28th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Mari Leavitt
- Republican Kevin Ballard
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Dan Bronoske
- Republican Chris Nye
- State Senator
- Democrat Twina Nobles
- Republican Steve O’Ban
30th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Jesse Johnson
- Republican Mark Greene
35th Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Colton Myers
- Republican Dan Griffey
- State Representative — Position #2
- Democrat Darcy Huffman
- Republican Drew C. MacEwen
42nd Legislative District
- State Representative — Position #1
- Democrat Alicia Rule
- Republican Luanne Van Werven
- State Representative — Position #2
- Republican Jennifer Sefzik
Pierce County positions
All positions below are for a four year term.
Pierce County Executive
- Republican Bruce Dammeier
County Council
- District #2
- Democrat Sarah Rumbaugh
- Republican Hans Zeiger
- District #3
- Democrat Yanah G. Cook
- District #4
- Democrat Tim Farrell
- Democrat Ryan Mello
- District #6
- Democrat John Caverly
- Democrat Jami Hitchen
- Republican Jason Whalen
County Assessor-Treasurer
- Mike Lonergan
Sheriff
- Doug Richardson
- Ed Troyer